vertebral column in dogs

Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the vertebral column is

Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO]. The atlas records it as a system at the system scale in the dog.

Where the vertebral column is

It sits within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the vertebral column connects to

The atlas records 15 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of anatomical system and skeletal system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the vertebral column. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as spine, backbone, vertebral column skeleton, columna vertebralis, dorsal spine and spinal column, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001130, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical system and skeletal system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• Adjacent to: erector spinae muscle group.
• contains: caudal region of vertebral column, cervical region of vertebral column, intervertebral joint, lumbar region of vertebral column, sacral region of vertebral column and spinal vein, and 4 more.
• originates from: iliopsoas.

Questions

Where is the vertebral column?

It sits within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the vertebral column connect to?

Part of: anatomical system and skeletal system.

Is the vertebral column the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.